An essential topic of study for mathematics students Looks at the historical roots of fractal theory Explains the basic concepts of fractal geometry with the minimum of mathematics Helps explain the concepts by illustrating a number of different fractals Examines a wide range of the applications across the sciences, and in aspects of economics Many are familiar with the beauty ...(展开全部)

Exploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity, and tracing its course over two millennia, Linda Woodhead provides a fresh, lively, and candid portrait of Christianity's past and present. Addressing topics including the competition for power between different forms of Christianity, the churches' use of power, and its struggles with modernity, this new editi...(展开全部)

- Introduces in a clear and concise way the most important basic findings and procedures of evolutionary biology - Looks at the evidence for evolution, eg the fossil record, the distribution of species, the similarities and differences between organisms - A section at the end looks at the seemingly difficult problems for the theory of evolution - Explains adaptation and natural...(展开全部)

- Introduces in a clear and concise way the most important basic findings and procedures of evolutionary biology - Looks at the evidence for evolution, eg the fossil record, the distribution of species, the similarities and differences between organisms - A section at the end looks at the seemingly difficult problems for the theory of evolution - Explains adaptation and natural...(展开全部)

Documentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty's pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore's anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov's artful Soviet propaganda piece Man with a Movie Camera to Luc Jacquet's heart-tugging wildlife epic March of the Penguins. In this concise, crisply written guide, Patricia Aufderheide takes reader...(展开全部)

Documentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty's pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore's anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov's artful Soviet propaganda piece Man with a Movie Camera to Luc Jacquet's heart-tugging wildlife epic March of the Penguins. In this concise, crisply written guide, Patricia Aufderheide takes reader...(展开全部)

Most people remember chemistry from their schooldays as largely incomprehensible, a subject that was fact-rich but understanding-poor, smelly, and so far removed from the real world of events and pleasures that there seemed little point, except for the most introverted, in coming to terms with its grubby concepts, spells, recipes, and rules. Peter Atkins wants to change all tha...(展开全部)

The popularity of dinosaurs seems never ending, fuelled by films such as "Jurassic Park" and documentaries ("Walking with Dinosaurs"). But how much do these popular programmes really tell us about the recent scientific discoveries and the latest research into the world of the dinosaur? This is the first book explain the latest findings in dinosaur research and the exciting scie...(展开全部)

苏珊·布莱克莫尔，心理学家、自由撰稿人和大学讲师。曾在西英格兰大学任教，并编写过一本关于意识的本科生教材。她不仅发表了无数的科学论文和专著，同时也为好几份杂志和报纸撰稿，还经常在英国国内外的电台和电视台做客，出品了多档电视节目，包括在第四频道播出的关于类人猿智力的纪录片。二十多年来，她一直在修炼禅宗。其著作包括一部自传、《寻找光明》（1996）、《文化基因的机器》（1999）、《意识导论》（2003）以及《关于意识的对话》（2005）。

Niccolo Machiavelli taught that political leaders must be prepared to do evil that good may come of it, and his name has been a byword ever since for duplicity and immorality. Is his sinister reputation deserved? In answering this question Quentin Skinner focuses on three major works, "The Prince", "the Discourses", and "The History of Florence", and distils from them an introd...(展开全部)